Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
With September just around the corner, President Donald Trump is running out of time to make a final decision on the fate of DACA and immigrant ‘Dreamers.’ DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was initiated under the Obama administration to provide a path forward for illegal aliens who arrived to the United
President Trump has threatened to shut down the federal government if funding for a proposed border wall isn’t approved. Speaking at a rally in Arizona on Tuesday, the commander-in-chief promised to wage war on Washington if his homeland security vision isn’t realized on September. Politicians on both sides of the political fence have expressed skepticism
President Donald Trump hinted at a possible pardon for Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff once billed as the toughest lawman in America. Speaking at a rally in Phoenix, the commander-in-chief said he thought Arpaio’s treatment at the hands of the law wouldn’t last. “I’ll make a prediction,” Trump said. “I think he’s going to
Canadian authorities have said an influx of mostly Haitian refugees from the United States is ‘unsustainable.’ Data recently released by the Canadian government showed that the number of asylum-seekers who illegally entered the country by land has tripled since June. Just two months ago, fewer than a thousand people tried slipping across the border before
On Thursday, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake published an op-ed criticizing the president’s stance on immigration. The Republican congressman penned his New York Times article at a turbulent time for President Trump, who has been facing a significant backlash from legislators over his handling of a white supremacist rally in Virginia. Rather than touching on Trump’s
Officials in two Arizona counties confirmed the presence of plague-infected fleas around the small town of Taylor. The Public Health departments of Navajo and Coconino counties sifted through countless burrows in search of the potentially plague-ridden pests. Samples were collected from a handful of private properties scattered around the outskirts of town before being sent
A terror attack in Barcelona has killed at least 13 people and left over 100 injured. On Thursday afternoon, a rental van barreled down the Spanish city’s popular pedestrian street, La Rumbla, mowing down scores of bystanders until screeching to a halt. While not all the information about the attack has yet been uncovered, local
Criticizing Donald Trump for his poor response to a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, three chief executives have announced their resignation from the president’s American Manufacturing Council. Kenneth Frazier, the African-American CEO of pharmaceutical company Merck, was the first to go. The head of the Fortune 500 company said his departure was meant to
Only days after Charlottesville was engulfed by an alt-right rally, cities across the United States have pledged to take down monuments commemorating Confederate war heroes. The mayors of Baltimore, MD, and Lexington, KY, both said they’d push ahead with plans to remove statues memorializing Southern icons of the Civil War. Adding on to existing initiatives
A report compiled by experts from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention criticized the Trump administration for ‘arbitrarily’ jailing would-be immigrants, including asylum-seekers. The panel handed over its 23-page finding to the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, saying the widespread detention of immigrants has ‘grown exponentially.’ The report claims that holding migrants